These are the next 5 stories that are comming up in Theme 5. Currently we are working on preparing for the PSSA by using Coach Books. After the PSSA, March 23rd, we will resume with our regular reading stories.
FIRE!
by Joy Masoff
Expository Nonfiction
Focus Skill: Elements of Nonfiction Vocabulary: ventilate, billowing, brigade, flammable, curfew, dedication
A Very Important Day
by Maggie Rugg Herold
Informational Narrative
Focus Skill: Author's Purpose Vocabulary: apologized, obliged, certificate, examiner, petitioners, resounded, enrich
Saguaro Cactus
By Paul and Shirley Berquist
Expository Nonfiction
Focus Skill: Elements of Nonfiction Vocabulary: brush, spiny, teeming, habitat, topple, decomposes, perch, nectar
Blue Willow
By Doris Gates
Realistic Fiction
Focus Skill: Author's Purpose Vocabulary: sulkily, indifferent, protruded, loathe, undoubtedly, heartily, certainly
In My Family
by Carmen Lomas Garza
Autobiography
Focus Skill: Sequence Vocabulary: culture, chile, barbecue, mesquite, confetti, accordion
READING
These are the next 5 stories that are comming up in Theme 5. Currently we are working on preparing for the PSSA by using Coach Books. After the PSSA, March 23rd, we will resume with our regular reading stories.
FIRE!
by Joy Masoff
Expository Nonfiction
Focus Skill: Elements of Nonfiction
Vocabulary: ventilate, billowing, brigade, flammable, curfew, dedication
A Very Important Day
by Maggie Rugg Herold
Informational Narrative
Focus Skill: Author's Purpose
Vocabulary: apologized, obliged, certificate, examiner, petitioners, resounded, enrich
Saguaro Cactus
By Paul and Shirley Berquist
Expository Nonfiction
Focus Skill: Elements of Nonfiction
Vocabulary: brush, spiny, teeming, habitat, topple, decomposes, perch, nectar
Blue Willow
By Doris Gates
Realistic Fiction
Focus Skill: Author's Purpose
Vocabulary: sulkily, indifferent, protruded, loathe, undoubtedly, heartily, certainly
In My Family
by Carmen Lomas Garza
Autobiography
Focus Skill: Sequence
Vocabulary: culture, chile, barbecue, mesquite, confetti, accordion